M4.3 earthquake 44 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 44 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 2:59 PM GMT-4 (18:59 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 30 km NNE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-25 18:59:21 UTC
- Depth
- 25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.517° S, 70.430° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 9
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 173°, dip 84°, rake 95°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 314°, dip 7°, rake 51°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.7 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 99
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.643 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 2351 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 3.831 km N of Iquique, Chile · 2350 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 4.5100 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2335 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
- 4.830 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 2328 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 53
- 3.755 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2323 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 3.224 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2322 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 3.018 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 2296 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 3.445 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 2293 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60009cc9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.